Thread: Hammer resto

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

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Did you rob a museum or something???

Hi Graeme. No, I was up for a challenge and the seller accepted a bit of a cheeky offer from me. This one and a couple of the others were what I was after, and a couple of them are pretty rough

MA,

The hammer look excellent well done, are you taking up Boot repairs??.

Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

Hi all. Please see below for one of my recent projects.
Makers mark
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Does anyone have any idea of who made this?

A hammer manufacturer, obviously...

A closer picture of the maker's mark might help.

Originally Posted by Bill Houghton

.....A closer picture of the maker's mark might help.....

Not too sure about that, Bill!

I've blown it up & stared at it from several angles but no lights came on - is it the remains of an arch? A camel? Just doesn't look like anything I've seen before.

The best hope is that someone familiar with hammers will recognise what's left of the stamp. Matt has probably seen more hammers than most of us but I notice he's not venturing an opinion.....
Cheers,

Hi Matt, Bill and Ian. I can take a better picture and post it. To me the stamp looks like the "D" Durden used as their logo on their machinery. Of course it could be something else, a horseshoe and the letter "U" both come to mind.

I also feel that the head should be flipped over (not sure why necessarily) but the stamping and the examples I have seen imply I have it the right way round. Interestingly the other head that is similar in profile has a stamp on the reverse so I will install it opposite to this one.

I have a similar hammer I like using. Its a European design. But not sure exactly where or who made them. Someone did tell me a while back and I forgot. He might see this and comment .

I did a search and the style shows up named here as a french pattern.
Joiner's Hammers French Pattern | BAHCO | Bahco International

Another Made in Germany

https://www.qy1.de/img/tischlerhammer-picard-302930.jpg

Made in Germany but named the French pattern
Cabinetmakers' Hammers | FINE TOOLS


Looks like your head is on the right way .

I tried enlarging the photo of the logos but I think it is more blurry than helpful. The upper cartouche reads "2.5" and the lower one is less clear - perhaps a stylised house?


Hammer Logos.jpg

I think we will have to rely on MA to take a hi-res photo of the logos.

MA

If you weigh the hammer and see if it is just over 2.5lbs or just over 2.5Kgs, it may narrow things down to American/British or European. I am assuming here that the Europeans will be using metric weights. I am guessing lbs for the moment based on size and type.

Regards
Paul

Just wondering,have we reached an agreement of what actually the type of hammer it is.
I know i could be asking more than than the Earth is worth in regards too an “agreement” but some of you may still be hangover from all the Great big marketing days.

I’m leaning towards a Riveting hammer!

CheersMatt.

I would say it all comes down to the mass. If it’s a “French Pattern” joinery hammer it’ll likely be lightweight; between 4oz & 1lb. If it weighs any more than that then I’ll side with Matt. Rivets need big hammers; but I can’t see a joiner passing over his mallet to grab one of these.

Hi Rob, Paul and Ian T. I haven't weighed it but it's definitely not 2.5kgs, not even 2.5 pounds. And not 25 ounces because that's not far off my framing hammer (28oz). I will have to check this too.

Here is the close up I took this morning

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And another

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It is only about 100mm long and the handle is copied from my smallest ball pein (Brades 8oz?). And roughly () 25.4mm square. Glad I've got my head right!

It does look like an arch in the sharper pic - perhaps the "arc de triomphe"?

Arc de triomphe.jpg

If it's French that would be a logical choice. But the a-d-t has a flat top - is that lump on the top just from corrosion or is it part of the stamp?

Cheers,

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

It is only about 100mm long and the handle is copied from my smallest ball pein (Brades 8oz?). And roughly () 25.4mm square

Probably is European and the '2.5' is a metric dimension
V